This secondment cover post sits within the Adult Intermediate Care Team at Portsmouth City Council, for up to nine months or until the substantive post holder returns. The role centres on line managing social workers and practitioners, leading practice development and supervision, and keeping multi-agency working central to outcomes for adults with care and support needs. It has a strong emphasis on adult safeguarding, mental capacity and DoLS, and includes supporting practitioners in court. Applicants must be registered with Social Work England, and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Line manage a group of social workers and other practitioners
- Provide professional supervision and manage individual performance
- Lead practice development to improve performance and quality of service delivery
- Prioritise resources and monitor and evaluate service delivery
- Disseminate best practice across the team
- Ensure integrated, multi-agency working to improve outcomes for adults
- Work with a high level of autonomy using evidence-based interventions and tools
- Carry out the full range of social work tasks, particularly adult safeguarding, complex needs, mental capacity assessments, DoLS and partnership working
- Manage complaint investigations
- Write complex reports or supervise practitioners who write them
- Support practitioners to represent the council in court when required
What’s required
Qualifications
- Qualified social worker
Registration & licences
- Registered with Social Work England
Experience
- Experience of providing highly skilled supervision
- Experience of managing staff
Skills & knowledge
- Sound knowledge of the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act and adult safeguarding legislation
- Robust recording and report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal and reflective skills
- Ability to help practitioners apply theory to practice
- Ability to address performance issues when required
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check before any offer of employment
- Right to work in the UK
Other
- Detailed personal statement evidencing each point of the person specification
- Explanation of any gaps in career history within the last five years
What’s offered
- Supportive management team
- Learning and development opportunities
- Opportunity to shape how services are delivered
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
